[5] In college, he and his friends (Josef Hall, James Nance, and Patrick Blanton)[citation needed] were pioneers in text mudding.
[5] Coleman's first commercial endeavor was a database tools and technology company called Reliant Data Systems, which was sold in 1999 to Compuware Corporation.
[7] Wolfpack Studios was sold in early 2003 to Ubisoft, which assumed control of the Shadowbane game service and ran it until July 1, 2009.
[8] Coleman is the co-creator (with Hall) of Wizard101, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by KingsIsle Entertainment.
In January 2015, Coleman announced Crowfall, an MMORPG, with ArtCraft Entertainment Inc. Its Kickstarter campaign raised $1,766,204 from 16,936 backers.